HOPKINSON, NEIL (EDITOR) — A Hellenistic Anthology.

Cambridge University Press 1999 Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics Reprint of 1988 XIV + 288 p., extensive index SOFTCOVER: (Or. Paperback VERY GOOD) 'Hopkinson's anthologisation of Hellenistic poetry serves a useful purpose and is to be welcomed. Increased critical attention to once generally neglected writers has engendered the need of a convenient and available selection. (.). H. has elegantly kept his balance between perfundtoriness and excessive zeal. Anyone using this book sensibly will, little by little, be initiated into the essence and drift of modern scholarship and gain a sound foundation for further study. (.). H.'s commentary is helpful and lucid. Each poem or extract has a valuable preface and the running commentary runs rather than limps.' (D.W.T. VESSEY in The Classical Review (New Series), 1989, p.184-85).